Samantha

I'm Sami. I work in retail, nothing special. I got my first tattoo at 16 in Nebraska, with my mother's permission. I got a memorial piece done for my late cat, Lovers, who had passed in 2015,. Once the needle hit my skin, I knew I was addicted., with my high pain tolerance and the years of self-expression. I knew it was something I wanted to continue to do. I was the kid in school who drew all over myself and clothes, I even had kids in school say "I have a feeling you're going to have a lot of tattoos when you're older." Once I hit 18 and had my own job and money, I found my artist @subhumanninja and he's been my artist for the last 7 years. After meeting him, I was getting 2-4 tattoos a month for 2 years straight. My parents have been my biggest support in my journey of becoming myself and love myself. Not too long ago, I was having a conversation with my mother about my tattoos and she says "I knew you were always different since you were a little girl, I just knew you were going to love tattoos and piercings." I get tattooed not only because I love the art of it all, but getting ink helps me feel more like myself, loving myself in the skin that I was born with. I struggled with eating disorders for many years and still do, but tattooing areas of my body I hate and putting something I love onto it helps so much in my brain.